usb joystick controller board button setup

If you cannot see a joystick listed here, then something is wrong, try a different USB port, make sure you installed the software for your version of Windows (e.g.

We want to make sure we can see that our joystick is listed here. You can also access this through Devices and Printers. Now, either in the start menu, metro search ( Windows key + S) search for ' game controllers', and first result should be listed as Set up USB Game Controllers.

Once all that is done, you can plug your joystick in into a spare USB port and you should notice a little popup bubble and a positive dingdong sound to tell you it's detected the joystick. Install the drivers, and any other software that you like (they are sometimes bundled together, so you sometimes have to install both anyway, no biggie). I like to go online and download the latest versions, however if that's not possible the ones that come on the CD should be fine. You usually don't need the programming software but it won't hurt to install either. The first thing we need to do is install the software drivers that comes with the joystick. If you have already used your joystick in other games, then you can probably skip this section, as here I'm assuming you've just bought a joystick or hotas, and have just pulled it out of the box.

Usb joystick controller board button setup